Fire-kindler



No. s|2 ,e3|. Patented Oct. l8, I898; c. PHELPS.

FIRE KINDLER.

(Application filed Sept. 27, 1897.)

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lhviTEp STATES PATENT CHAMBERLAYNE PHELPS, OF BUOKS BRIDGE, NEW YORK.

FIRE KINDLER..

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 612,631, dated October18, 1898. ppli a n filed eptember 27,1897. Serial No. 653,094. (Nomodel.)

dlers, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in that class of householdutensils known as fire-kindlers.

My object is to improve their construction and general utility byproducing a kindler cheap and durable and of great convenience; and tothat end my invention consists in the several new and novel features ofconstruction and operation hereinafter described, and which arespecifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

Itds constructed as follows, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings,in which Figure 1 is a side View of the kindler complete. Fig.2 is a vertical section thereof. Fig. 3 is a View of the torch detached.Fig.

4 is a view of the torch support and cap inclosing the oil-receptacle.

a is the oil-receptacle, constructed, preferbly, as shown in thedrawings, having an enlarged base and tapering toward its upper end,which is provided with a screw-thread a. b is a torch and wick-supporthaving a threaded cap Z), adapted to turn onto the thread a upon thebase, so that the torch and wick-support can be secured in position asshown. This threaded cap I) is located nearly midway between the ends ofthe support, and the wick c, placed in the support, projects below itslower end sufliciently far to come in contact with the bottom of thereceptacle a, and thus insure that all of the oil shall be absorbed.This wick 0 extends nearly to the top of the receptacle and serves tocarry up the oil so as to feed the wick c, placed in the torch-tube cl,and which wick 0 projects sufficiently far below the end of the tube dto rest upon the top of the wick c, as shown in Fig. 2. The torch-tube dis provided with a screw-threaded cap cl upon its upper end, so thatwhen the tubes Z) and (Z have been removed from the receptacle the tube(1 can be reversed and the cap d screwed into the threaded portion a,and thus support the lighted torch in position. The tube b is maderemovable from the receptacle a, so that 'it can be used for kindlingthe fire independently of the tube (1, or the tube (Z may be used forkindling the fire, although it is intended more especially for use as atorch.

The object of the cap d is to form a suitable cover to the end of thetorch-supporting tube d and prevent the oil from escaping when thesupport is being used.

My invention is operated as follows: I first fill the can a with oil,then insert the wick c by means of the support Z), as shown. ll theninsert the tube (I, having the asbestos wick 0, into the support 1)until the Wicks come in contact, as shown in Fig. 2 at e. The oil in thecan a saturates the Wick c, and wick 0', being in contact with it, issaturated by capillary attraction. After it has been saturated it istaken out, lighted, and used as a kindler, and when it has performed itsservices it is returned to the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of thedrawings, where it is held safely and without making it possible for itto come in contact with the oil, so there is no danger of an explosionin case any fire or sparks should remain upon the wick c.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. Ina fire-kindler, an oil-receptacle provided with a screw-thread atits upper end, and a projecting wick-support detachably secured thereinby means of screw-threads upon the support, and a wick placed in itslower end, combined with a torch-tube provided with a screw-cap cl atits upper end, and with a wick c which projects beyond the lower end ofthe tube, substantially as shown.

2. In a fire-kindler, a conical oil-receptacle provided with ascrew-thread at its upper end and the detachable torch-support l) whichis placed therein, and which extends a suitable distance above the topof the receptacle, and an absorbent wick placed in its lower end,combined with a torch-tube provided with a screw-threaded cap at itsouter end and a wick which projects beyond its lower end and which isinserted into the torch-tube so that the wick in its lower end will restupon the wick in the lower end of the torch-support, substantially asdescribed.

In Witness whereofl have hereunto set my hand this 9th day of September,1897.

CHAMBERLAYNE PHELPS.

In presence of--- CHARLES (J. K. PHELPS, Oscan V. Vnrron.

